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For last round...
1. Kyou + Ryou won the sisters matchup. Guess Mother > Daughter...
2. Really not much else. One interesting note is the fact that the 2nd exhibition total ~5500 votes, while a normal match average around 6800-7000. So I'm not the only one that have zero clues who the people are...

Finally, I can vote for Nunally. Although she is against Kobato and her brother. Well, Lelouch should be able to do something about that, Geass or not.

Also, the first exhibition match, I believe all of them are Gothic Lolitas? Match is going to be lopsided because Kurae is there and Anju be remembered at least from Chibi Vampire readers. I'd be surprised if anyone remembers Crossette, considering how old her OVA is.

1. Starts with the (somewhat) of a shocker in Kirino > Niku. Knowing that Kirino lose to Kobato already, and Niku won over Kobato, we now have Kirino winning over Niku. It does comes full circle...
2. Speaking of Kobato, winning by 31 against Mato is just not good...Mato is certainly not weak (and if anyone care, yes, it's an HanaKana intrabattle), but I just expect more from Kobato.
3. Who say Saber is weaken? Of course, any win against Haruhi I appreciate.
4. Consider the record difference (Erio 12-6 v. Homura 4-14 prematch), Homuhomu actually didn't lose by that much for once. Maybe it's b/c Erio is also a new girl? Or maybe Homura fan finally wake up?
5. Really should have throw my votes toward Mikuru instead of abstaining, sigh...
6. And Nagi continues her freefall. With 17 loss already, she's not that far away from the total amount of loss from last year, facing even tougher competitions...

For next round
1. Kuroneko v. Yui-nyan, will see the margin b/t these two (Last year Kuroneko won headily)
2. No Kanade vote for me next round due to Victorique. I'm fully prepared to be sliced apart...
3. Kirino will probably get her 3rd loss. Zombie did ended already, but Eu is still just behind Kanade in terms of strength.
4. Will see if Saber get enough boost to knock over Biribiri
5. 2nd exhibition = Lelouch is probably the better dude, but Kobato >>>>>> Nunnally and when it comes to moe competition, girls takes precedence.

Saber defeating Haruhi is indeed a pretty big win. So yeah, I definitely don't see much evidence that Saber has weakened.

As for the Haganai girls, they're holding their own against girls that were mid-tier in ISML 2011. Factoring in how Mato was boosted a bit by the recent BRS anime, and I think they're doing about as well as can be expected.

8-1. The end of an era. After playing with fire so many times, Charlotte Dunois finally ends up getting burned. This is the first time Charlotte has lost a super close match (winner below 51%). Looks like Nanoha's insane win streak of 11 super close matches in a row is safe for now. Charlotte can still try for the record of most close match wins (record is 11, joint held by Nanoha and Nagisa).

We had some pretty crazy results this time. Saber hadn't been doing so hot lately and then she somehow pulls of this crazy upset over Haruhi. Saber would have had a ton of trouble winning even when she looked stronger in the periods before Ruby. It's absolutely amazing that she managed to beat Haruhi. As amazing as this is, the real test for Saber is being able to maintain this level of power for the rest of the tournament. A single one-time win over Haruhi doesn't really mean much by itself.

Kobato just narrowly manages to avoid an upset from Mato. A very strong performance by Mato to try and take the win but it just isn't enough. Maybe Haganai's age is starting to show a bit here.

The return of the Puella Magi? Homura and Kyouko both put up huge performances on their opponents. Unfortunately for them they both fell short. However, looking stronger is definitely a good thing. Even if Homura can improve even more from here, a post season finish would require a miracle that won't happen but we can keep hoping that it will!

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A miracle that you believe in when you know it won't happen......... is hope.

- Had it been Emerald or Topaz period, I might of given Haruhi a chance against Saber. Ruby period, I thought Saber was still strong enough to win. My prediction is still Mikoto > Saber the coming round, but after some surprise results this round, Railgun should not let her guard down, especially if Saber can beat Azusa.
- My surprise of the round (and this is based on Charlotte's record vs. Inori's record) was Inori winning against Charlotte.
- I anticipated Kobato and Mato would be close, but I thought Kobato could win the match and she did.
- While I am surprised that Kirino won against Sena, I thought there was a chance that Kirino could win despite Sena > Kobato and Kobato > Kirino
- Mikuru beats, Kyou and Rin Tosaka, but loses to CC by 6 votes? Surprised, but not upset at all.

Yui-nyan/Ruri, Hinagiku/Mio, and Saber/Mikoto will be interesting matches this coming round

After reading Kagami Kuro's bio, maybe it would have been better if Kurae and Kuro were together and Crossette and Anju in another simply because of their similar personalities. Results may not have change either way though, as in whoever is paired up with Kurae has a good chance of winning the match.